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To find out what free scanners would tell me about my PC, I ran my personal, daily-use system through a series of informal test drives.

I don’t blame Norman - I’d want more information, too. “I am hesitant to pay to activate the software to ‘fix’ the reported problems without additional information. “‘2,447 privacy traces detected, 529 registry issues found, 32 junk items detected, 6 outdated drivers found, and Registry Optimization recommended.’ “I recently installed Corel’s WinZip System Utilities.Consider this note from Windows Secrets paid subscriber Norman C. I regularly use various tune-up/cleanup tools on my PCs, and I know the good ones really do help keep systems clean, fast, and stable.īut some tune-up/cleanup tools seem to raise more questions than they answer. Long-time LangaList Plus readers know I’m a firm believer in PC maintenance. These suites typically offer to fix system problems - for a fee - but are these problems real or just scare tactics to drum up sales?

TOP STORY Test-driving 'free scan' tune-up suitesĮven on well-maintained systems, free system scanners might find hundreds of “problems,” as I discovered from a test of three products from well-known companies.